October 7, 2008

• La Bella brought me some more fabrics.

  Possibly her entire stash.

  When I go places with La Bella, I sometimes feel as though I'm the "before" picture and she's the "after." Not quite so badly now that I have taken up being better dressed at least some of the time. But still, there's a real contrast.

  She always looks good. She is always well-dressed and well-groomed. She wears accessories.

  Naturally her fabric stash has good stuff in it.

  More Pendleton wools, including yards more of the stuff I used to make that skirt which is still waiting for hemming. Obviously I have to make a jacket from it. I might never wear the two pieces together, since wearing a blue plaid suit could make me look eccentric, but I obviously have to do it.

  There's also a wonderful camel wool, and some green-blue blouse fabrics, and cottons and linens in nice bright colors, including a large quantity of coral. It could become a dress.

  These fabrics might need to be for someone else. This season I've branched out from my usual gray to brown, but I'm not sure I could branch into coral.

  Maybe for spring. La Bella is the sort of woman who looks completely natural in turquoise capri pants. I find the blue and gray plaid a bit loud.

  In any case, I now have so much fabric that I am going to have to do some sewing. No question.

  Yesterday I got the word that my perfect class schedule for next term -- two days a week at 7:30 in my own county -- has been changed to three days a week at 8:00. That means that I have to drive three days, during rush hour. It's an extra hour our of my week, and of course no extra pay. Also I'll have to dress properly three days a week instead of two. Plus Sunday, since I go to church.

  I'm planning to look into the distance learning. I am enjoying my IRL class so much that I didn't hesitate to accept one for next term, but I might want to switch after all if there's all this driving and wearing of proper clothing.

  Yes, I'm feeling a bit whiny again. How did you know?

  I was all excited to see yesterday that I had 800+ links to my website. I ran my backlink analysis software, though, and I find that I have hundreds of no-follow links and a mere dozen real ones. Sigh. Also the dog wet on the carpet and in spite of baking soda the house smells evil. And ... let's see...

  See, it's somewhat frustrating to feel whiny and have no good stuff to complain about.

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